Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter C

An author, poet, artist, photographer, reviewer and lecturer living in Darwin, Australia. She has au

An author, poet, artist, photographer, reviewer and lecturer living in Darwin, Australia. She has authored over fifty books, including poetry, fiction, non-fiction, artwork and digital photography. Her areas of special interest and research are in ethics, animal rights, autism, consciousness, multiplicity, metaphysics and the paranormal. Her book psychokinesis titled "Walking With The Angels: The RSPK Journals" was published in 2007.

Was an Australian-born writer and academic.Lansbury was married three times, first to a noted radio

Was an Australian-born writer and academic.Lansbury was married three times, first to a noted radio actor[5] and radio producer, George Edwards, on 20 February 1953.[6] Edwards had had three previous wives.[7] Edwards died later in 1953.[8]On 24 October 1954, Lansbury gave birth to a son, Malcolm Turnbull, by Bruce Bligh Turnbull, whom she married in 1955.[9]When Malcolm was nine years of age, Lansbury left the family, and Australia. She subsequently married John "Jock" Salmon, a New Zealand-born academic who was the foundation professor of history at the University of NSW from 1960 to 1965.[10] Salmon died on 9 February 2005.[11]

Was an American author and activist, perhaps most recognized as the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.C

Was an American author and activist, perhaps most recognized as the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.Coretta Scott King was the second of three children born to Obediah "Obie" Scott (1899-1998) and Bernice McMurray Scott (1904-1996) in Perry County, Alabama. She had an older sister named Edythe, born in 1925, and a younger brother named Obediah Leonard, born in 1930. The Scotts owned a farm, which had been in the family since the American Civil War, but were not particularly wealthy. During the Great Depression the Scott children picked cotton with their parents to help support the family.[1] Obie was the first black in their neighborhood to own a truck. He had a barber shop in their home. He also owned a lumber mill, which was burned down by white neighbors.

Is an Algerian historian and novelist of pied noir descent [1]. Her father, Jacques Chevallier, was

Is an Algerian historian and novelist of pied noir descent [1]. Her father, Jacques Chevallier, was mayor of Algiers.

Is an American novelist and playwright. He has written ten novels in the Southern Gothic, western, a

Is an American novelist and playwright. He has written ten novels in the Southern Gothic, western, and post-apocalyptic genres, and has also written plays and screenplays.

Is a Romanian journalist, best known as the editor of Evenimentul Zilei daily.

Is a Romanian journalist, best known as the editor of Evenimentul Zilei daily.

Is an Romanian opera composer and conductor.

Is an Romanian opera composer and conductor.

Wrote under the pen name C.J. Langenhoven and was better known as Sagmoedige Neelsie (Gentle Neelsie

Wrote under the pen name C.J. Langenhoven and was better known as Sagmoedige Neelsie (Gentle Neelsie) or Kerneels. He had a formidable role in South Africa's Afrikaans literature and cultural history, and was one of the young language's foremost promoters

Was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the last members of the Franco-Flemish

Was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the last members of the Franco-Flemish school of polyphony, and was a notable composer of madrigals in a style that blended both Italian and native Netherlandish idioms.In 1584 Verdonck returned to Spain, once again singing in the choir of Philip II, staying there until 1598 or 1599, after which he again returned to Antwerp. Also in 1599 he participated in the elaborate entry procession of the newly-married Archduke Albert and Archduchess Isabella into Antwerp, writing a motet (Prome, novas) for the occasion: it was performed by a six-member boys' choir mounted on the back of an elephant, which rode along with the Archduke and Archduchess (accounts differ as to whether it was a real or artificial animal). It is the only known motet composed for performance on an elephant.

Was a Franco-Flemish composer, singer, and choir director of the Renaissance, active for much of his

Was a Franco-Flemish composer, singer, and choir director of the Renaissance, active for much of his life in the Grande Chapelle, the imperial Habsburg music establishment during the reign of Emperor Charles V. He brought the compositional style of the mid-16th century Franco-Flemish school, with its elaborate imitative polyphony, together with the lightness and clarity of the Parisian chanson, and he was one of the few composers of the time to write chansons in both the French and Franco-Flemish idioms.

Was a composer born in Altona, Schleswig-Holstein. He was a classmate of Carl Reinecke, whose father

Was a composer born in Altona, Schleswig-Holstein. He was a classmate of Carl Reinecke, whose father was head of the famous Leipzig Conservatory. Gurlitt studied with Reinecke's father for six years. His first public appearance at the age of seventeen was well received, and he decided to go to Copenhagen to continue his studies. There he studied organ, piano, and composition under Curlander and Weyse. While in Copenhagen he became acquainted with the Danish composer Niels Gade, and they remained friends until the latter's death.

Was a German organist and composer. He was born in Nuremberg, where he appears to have spent his who

Was a German organist and composer. He was born in Nuremberg, where he appears to have spent his whole life in various organists' posts. He may have studied with J.S. Bach in Weimar (1716–1717), and his compositions reveal points of contact with Bach. They include a concerto for harpsichord solo, perhaps modelled on the Italian Concerto; this solo concerto was once thought to be by Bach; an early version of the slow movement was entered in the first edition of Schmieder's catalog as BWV897:1.

Is a musician from Athens, Greece. He has collaborated with musicians, directors, actors, dancers an

Is a musician from Athens, Greece. He has collaborated with musicians, directors, actors, dancers and visual artists. Costas Andreou processes the sounds of fretted and fretless electric bass in real time, creating multi-level soundscapes. The organic instrument sound is processed with analog and digital effects and looped in real time, using various live looping techniques and a number of delay, feedback, tape and loop devices. The textures, the themes, the melodies and the soundscapes are created via improvisation and often are further processed during mixing. His music is available to preview and download from the iTunes Store worldwide.

Was an influential and prolific Cypriot poet, novelist, and playwright. After graduating from the Pa

Was an influential and prolific Cypriot poet, novelist, and playwright. After graduating from the Pancyprian Gymnasium, Costas Montis studied law at the University of Athens, but in 1937 on his return to Cyprus (then under British rule) he could not work as a lawyer because his degree was Greek. Instead he got a job in 1938 in the Accounting Office of the Greek Mining Company in Nicosia. Within a month he was transferred to the mines of Mitsero as supervisor of the company offices there,

Is a French composer and musicologist of Romanian birth. Miereanu studied from 1960 to 1966 at the M

Is a French composer and musicologist of Romanian birth. Miereanu studied from 1960 to 1966 at the Music Academy of Bucharest with Alfred Mendelsohn, Dan Constantinescu, and Lazar Octavian Cosma, and later at the École des Hautes Études et Sciences Sociales, at the Schola Cantorum, and at the University of Paris VIII, where he was awarded first prizes in writing, analysis, music history, esthetics, orchestration, and composition) and earned a Doctor of Letters and a Doctor of Musical Semiotics. Between 1967 and 1969 he was a student of Karlheinz Stockhausen, György Ligeti, and Ehrhard Karkoschka at the Internationale Ferienkurse für neue Musik in Darmstadt (Cosma 2001). In 1977 he became a French citizen. Since 1981 he has been Professor of Philosophy, Aesthetics, and the Science of Art at the Sorbonne.

An author based in Fremantle, Western Australia.His novel, Rhubarb, was published by Fremantle Arts

An author based in Fremantle, Western Australia.His novel, Rhubarb, was published by Fremantle Arts Centre Press in 2004. In 2005 Silvey was named as one of The Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Novelists. Rhubarb was selected as the inaugural book for the 'One Book' series of events at the 2005 Perth International Arts Festival. He recently authored a children's book entitled The World According to Warren illustrated by Sonia Martinez and published by Fremantle Arts Centre Press in July 2007.

Is a Romanian journalist, essayist and short-story writer. The author of science fiction stories dur

Is a Romanian journalist, essayist and short-story writer. The author of science fiction stories during his youth, he has also hosted talk shows for various television stations, and had contributions as a literary critic and translator. Popescu was the editor-in-chief of Adevarul, and, in 2005, he founded the newspaper Gândul in association with Mircea Dinescu.

Is an award-winning Filipina fictionist, critic and pioneering writer of creative nonfiction.Pantoja

Is an award-winning Filipina fictionist, critic and pioneering writer of creative nonfiction.Pantoja-Hidalgo is a high school valedictorian of St. Paul College Quezon City. She received both her Bachelor of Philosophy (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters)Ph. B. (1964) magna cum laude and MA in Literature (1967) meritissimo from the University of Santo Tomas. She later received a Ph.D in Comparative Literature from the University of the Philippines in 1993.

Is an Argentine television news journalist. She has worked, since 2002, alongside with Rodolfo Baril

Is an Argentine television news journalist. She has worked, since 2002, alongside with Rodolfo Barilli, as newsanchor of Telefe's Telefe Noticias a las 20 ("Telefe News at 8 PM").

Was a German composer best known for his Oboe concertos. At the peak of his career, he was the music

Was a German composer best known for his Oboe concertos. At the peak of his career, he was the musical director at the court of Merseburg.[1]

Was primarily known as a composer during his lifetime. He was brought up as an Afrikaner by his moth

Was primarily known as a composer during his lifetime. He was brought up as an Afrikaner by his mother, Maria De Wit and father, Robert Everson. He continued this tradition and all his children were brought up as Afrikaners.Everson wrote the first Afrikaans opera, and most of his other vocal works were in Afrikaans. His works consist of five sonatas, a trio, an opera, a set of inventions, four song-cycles, a piano suite, miscellaneous movements for the piano and guitar and an incomplete symphony and string quartet.

Is a contemporary Czech composer, music theorist, and pedagogue.In 1948–1949 he studied compositio

Is a contemporary Czech composer, music theorist, and pedagogue.In 1948–1949 he studied composition, musical theory and conducting under the famous composers Vilém Petrželka, Jan Šoupal, and Jaroslav Kvapil at the Brno Conservatory, later at the Janácek Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno. In 1963, he attended the Summer School of Music in Dartington, he attended also courses of Pierre Boulez and György Ligeti in Darmstadt (1965). He worked as a teacher at the JAMU in Brno. Since 1980 he was appointed the director of the Czech Philharmonic.

Was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty in China.

Was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty in China.

Was a Polish poet, novelist, father of Franciszek Ksawery. An outstanding poet of the so-called "Leg

Was a Polish poet, novelist, father of Franciszek Ksawery. An outstanding poet of the so-called "Legions Poetry".Cyprian served in the Polish Legions from 1798 until 1801. In 1803–1806 he became, together with Ksawery Kossecki, publisher and editor of the "Zabawy Przyjemne i Pozyteczne" almanach. From 1805 he was a member of the Friends of Science Society. In 1806 Cyprian joined the Polish Army of the Duchy of Warsaw; he had become disillusioned with the policy of Napoleon towards Poland. He died in the Battle of Raszyn in 1809.

Was a German composer, music theoretician, Music educator and Music publisher. From 1884 on, he work

Was a German composer, music theoretician, Music educator and Music publisher. From 1884 on, he worked at Bad Kissingen in Lower Franconia, where he founded an own music school. From 1880 on, he published the music journal „Musikalische Tagesfragen. Organ für Musiker, Musikfreunde und Freunde der Wahrheit“ („Current questions on music. An organ for musicians, friends of music and friends of truth“).